This thread contains accepted Concours d'Cancelation entries in the European Coach work (pre war) class. Presented by Ragtops and Roadsters.

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Car: 1936 Rolls-Royce Phantom III Binder Sedanca de Ville

Owner(s): Andrew Davidson,

Location: London, ON

Proposed Class(es): European Coachwork (pre war)

Representing: Cobble Beach Concours d’ Elegance

Details: 

This car is one of two Phantom III Sedanca de Villes produced by the coachbuilder Henry Binder of Paris, France. Binder also produced two of the six Bugatti Royales ever built. This car has a V-12 with 24 spark plugs; an on-board jacking system; and an advanced mechanical braking system with servos giving equal braking to each wheel. Notable owners include the Marquis De Villeroi; and King Karel of Romania. There were just over 620 Phantom IIIs produced between 1935 until 1939, when production ceased at the beginning of the Second World War. The Phantom III was considered the pinnacle of refinement and luxury, as Rolls-Royce cars still are today.

Car: 1928 ISOTTA FRASHINI 8 A SS

Owner(s): PETER T. BOYLE, 

Location: OIL CITY, PA USA

Proposed Class(es): European Coachwork (Pre War)

Details:

This chassis was built in Italy in 1928 and was delivered to Lebaron Coach Builders in the U. S. Lebaron produced this convertible coupe boat tail with a single seat rumble seat. The car is equipped with the 8a ss engine and a super eight of a 160 horse power, (standard horse power was 120hp). Introduced at the New York auto show in 1928 the Isotta was purchased by Harry Williams, an aviation pioneer and his wife Marguerite Clark, a silent movie star from Patterson, Louisiana. Harry Williams was an adventurer and liked things fast. As the curator of the Harry Williams museum in Patterson, Louisiana explained: Harry was driving the Isotta through the Louisiana country side and was stopped in a small town for speeding. He was taken down to the court house to pay the fine, which was $10.00. Harry said “okay, here is $20.00. I will be back through town later and don’t bother me.” 2007 was the first time the car was shown in public since the 1930’s. This car only has 22,000 original miles and was previously owned by collector Jim Thomas of Florida since the 1960’s.

Car: 1938 Delahaye 135mS Coupe

Owner(s): Robert S. Jepson, JR.,

Location: Savannah, GA, USA

Proposed Class(es): European Coachwork (pre war)

Representing the Cobble Beach Concours d’ Elegance

Details: 

This 1938 Delahaye 135MS Coupe was featured at the 1938 Paris Salon, where it represented Figoni & Falaschi’s contribution to auto design in that year. The car is equipped with the larger 160-horsepower MS racing engine, with a Cotal electro-mechanical four-speed gearbox. The 114-inch chassis features fully independent front suspension, with quarter-elliptic rear leaf springs and four-wheel Bendix drum brakes. In its day, this automobile was one of a rare few that were capable of speeds in excess of 100 mph, with superb handling performance. The teardrop Delahayes of the 1930s are renowned for the beauty of their design, their engineering, and their superb road handling. They were more often than not in the winners’ circles of the great Grands Prix of Europe. Even today, the Delahayes are sought after by collectors and enthusiasts who long to own the finest in vintage automobiles. The original purchaser of this car first saw it at the 1938 Paris Auto Show where it was the star. The owner drove this car for 3 months post Auto Show, realized the Germans were coming into France and proceeded to build it into his house where it remained hidden for 27 years.

1938 Talbot Lago T150C SS Teardrop Coupe, Figoni et Falaschi

Oscar Davis, Elizabeth, New Jersey

European Coachwork, Pre War

Figoni & Falaschi are known for producing some of the most flamboyant, if not elegant coachwork of the French carrossiers. Talbot-Lago was formed following the collapse of Sunbeam-Talbot-Darracq in 1935. Anthony Lago, founder, set out to build a line of exclusive and expensive sports cars. He introduced the T150C in 1936 which enabled him to persuade Rene Dreyfus to leave Ferrari’s Alfa Romeo team and drive for him at the French Grand Prix. This car was commissioned by Duke Phillipe deMassa who raced it in the 1939 24 Hours of LeMans with Norbert Jean Mahe (DNF lap 88). It was confiscated by the Germans during WWII and remained in East Germany until the fall of the Berlin Wall. Its most recent restoration was in 2007. It is one of 14 produced from 1935-1939.

Car: 1937 Horch 853 Sport Phaeton

Owners: Aaron & Valerie Weiss

Location: Pasadena, CA

Proposed Class: European Coachwork (Prewar)

Details:

1937 Horch 853 Sport Cabriolet Coachwork by Gläser-Karosserie

Chassis no. 853509 Motor no. 851083

Particularly popular among the wealthiest European motoring connoisseurs was the Horch 853 Sport Cabriolet bodied by Gläser-Karosserie GmbH of Dresden, each selling for RM 14,900. Of fewer than 50 surviving examples, the cars that have fared the best are those which were brought into the United States following World War II. which generally were better cared for than those which migrated to Soviet Bloc countries.

Chassis no. 853509, one of those fortunate examples, was originally delivered by Merz & Pabst of Stuttgart, a firm which remains in operation to this day. In the early 1960s, a U.S. Army Captain from Massachusetts sold it to Walter Sodano, then of Massachusetts and later of Manchester, Connecticut. Mr. Sodano was a Horch enthusiast, who, later in the 1960s, would acquire a second, nearly identical 853 cabriolet. He retained both cars until 1999 when they were sold to Butch Gordon, of the newly established Manchester Motor Car Company.

Gordon would retain chassis no. 853509 until 2004, after which it was owned for a number of years by a Belgian owner It then passed to the well-known German specialists Horch-Classic, who sold it in 2011 to Silvia and Deiter Roth of Zwickau. The Roths performed a cosmetic restoration and after half a decade it returned to the United States once again with Valerie & Aaron Weiss in 2016.

Aiming for a more comprehensive restoration, exhaustive research was performed, including finding an original 853 Cabriolet and photographing it in-detail. The car retains its original chassis, engine, and body, as well as its original identification tags throughout, and great care has been taken to ensure that it would be as correct as possible. Its appearance would mark the first time that this car has ever appeared at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, as well as its first showing following the completion of the restoration.

1931 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 Gran Sport, 5^th Series
Coachwork by Zagato
Chassis no. 10814307, Zagato body no. xxx
Owner(s): Brenda B Benzar
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Proposed Class(es): European Coachwork Prewar
Cincinnati Concours d'Elegance Foundation

In 1929, the legendary Alfa Romeo engineer, Vittorio Jano, designed the supercharged, six cylinder, sports racing car engine of 1750cc. The Sport models would use a light frame with this powerful 100 hp engine, creating a car of truly exceptional capabilities. It was common practice for Alfa Romeo to sell only the chassis, with a coachbuilder adding a body. Zagato and Touring provided the majority of Alfa. Zagato bodies were favored for racing as the Superleggera principle of applying aluminum body panels over a steel framework which saved weight, improving the performance. Of the 2,259 1750’s built, only 257 were Gran Sports. Many great racing drivers successfully raced these cars, including Campari, Varzi, Nuvolari and Zehender.

Great for competition “Then and Now”, this Gran Sport is regularly raced by its female owner.

New Phantom (EX51LC) 1925-26, Boattail Tourer. Authenticated "experimental" by RREC at Hunt House, UK. This is the remaining experimental chassis from March 1925 when Rolls-Royce transitioned from the Silver Ghost to the New Phantom. Sold to a Member of Parliament, this chassis went to Barker Coach builders in December, 1925 for a coach. It was then licensed May 1926.

Owner Stephen S, McDonald

McAlpin, Florida

Class: European Prewar

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1929 Rolls-Royce 20 HP Shooting Break GEN 36 

Owner: John B. Carey 

San Jose, Ca.

Proposed Class: European Coachwork (Pre War) 

A shooting break is the term used in the UK for a sporting utility vehicle to support hunting activities. Such a vehicle is popular the world over and is sometimes referred to as a "Woodie", "Depot Hack", or "Station Wagon" This example has undergone an 8-year ground up total restoration in the owner’s home shop. Probably the most coveted award (of many) was the "Best Personal Restoration" at the Rolls-Royce National meet in 2018. 

This model features an inline 6 cylinder with 4 speed transmission and 4-wheel servo assisted brakes as well as duel side mount spares and fold out windscreen. It is a very quiet and dependable car that is loved in the "homeland".